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Germany says lawmakers’ iPhones may have been hacked with spyware

TechCrunch • Mon, 02 Nov 2026

German lawmakers and a filmmaker are among the people who received notifications from Apple warning that their phones may have been hacked.

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German lawmakers and a filmmaker are among the people who received notifications from Apple warning that their phones may have been hacked.

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German lawmakers and a filmmaker are among the people who received notifications from Apple warning that their phones may have been hacked.

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